What is the name of this weed? How do you get rid of it without damaging the adjacent lawn?

Question

The weed has reddish stems, 1/2 inch oval leaves with a shorter reddish-purple linear line in the center, The plant lies flat to the ground, turns reddish orange as the ground gets too dry. The limbs/stems extend fan-like up to ten inches from the central root.

Answer 1

It sounds like spotted spurge (chamaesyce maculata). You can spray with Roundup,(glyphosate) but overspray will probably burn the neighbor's turf. If you prefer an organic spray, you can mix 1 gallon full-strength 10% vinegar,2 oz. orange oil, and 1 cup liquid molasses. Overspray from this mixture can burn or kill other plants and grasses as well. About the only way to get rid of this noxious weed, with 100% assurance of no chance of harming the neighbors grass, is to hand pull it. Home Depot has a tool called "Weed-Hound" that allows you to pull weeds like this without bending over. It works best on plants that form a rosette and lie flat on the ground. You can probably find it in the garden dept. of any of the "box" stores. I paid $20.00 at HD.

Answer 2

Aussie said Ortho-weed-be-gone and is likely correct. Because the weed has oval leaves, it is likely considered a broad leaf weed. Weed Be Gone kills "broad leafs", that is why Weed Be Gone is generally safe on turf grasses- grass is not a broad leaf.

Answer 3

M60

Answer 4

ortho weed begone

Answer 5

pull some and head to your local nursery.